Team signed Rawlings football by players and coaches from the 1961 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.  The Buckeyes went 8-0-1 in the regular season, tying TCU in the first game of the season and ripping off eight straight wins including a 50-20 thumping of Michigan in Ann Arbor. including a 15-0 shutout of sixth ranked Purdue at Ohio Stadium.  Stamped on the main part of the ball "OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY" The ball inflates, but has a slow leak and will need a new bladder. This football has been signed by Woody Hayes, Ron Houck, George Tolford, Bill Mrukowski, Dennis Carter, Chuck Mamula, Al Parker, Michael Ingram, Dean Frank, Dave Francis, Albert Zima, and many others. A lot of the signatures have faded, but finding a team-signed ball from this particular National Championship team has proven difficult.

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